C-BUS PICKS UP HUGE WIN FRIDAY NIGHT

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A FEW WEEKS COLUMBUS WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A 4 QUARTER EFFORT AND GET GREAT FIELD POSITION ALL NIGHT LONG. SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYED A HUGE FACTOR IN THEIR WIN FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE RAMPAGE. BELOW IS A QUARTER BY QUARTER RECAP.

1ST QTR
THE GAME STARTED OUT WITH A BANG. ON THE FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE, QB MATT NAGY WOULD FIND WR BJ BARRE FOR 45 YARDS AND A COLUMBUS TOUCHDOWN TO TAKE A 7-0 LEAD. NO DRAGON PLAYER WAS IN SIGHT WHEN BARRE HAD CAUGHT THE PASS. NEW YORK WOULD COME BACK REALLY QUICK AND TIE THE GAME AT 7 DUE TO A LACK OF DEFENSE. AFTER THE NY SCORE, C-BUS WOULD GET A GREAT RETURN FROM DAMIEN GROCE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE NY 2. 2 PLAYS LATER IT WAS FB HAROLD WELLS WITH THE 2 YARD SCORE AT 10:08 REMAINING IN THE FIRST QUARTER. IT WAS NY WHO WOULD DRIVE AND SCORE ONCE AGAIN TO TIE THE GAME AT 14 LEAVING COLUMBUS DRIVING WITH THE BALL AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
2ND QTR
ON 3RD DOWN COLUMBUS WOULD ALLOW THEIR FIRST SACK SINCE THE GEORGIA FORCE GAME. THIS FORCE COLUMBUS AND PETER MARTINEZ TO SETTLE FOR A LONG FIELD GOAL, WHICH GAVE C-BUS A 17-14 LEAD. A TD BY NY BECAUSE OF BUSTED COVERAGE WOULD GIVE THEM A 21-17 LEAD. COLUMBUS WOULD STAY STRONG AS NAGY FOUND MARCUS KNIGHT FOR A TOUCHDOWN. IT WAS SET UP BY SOME GREAT DOWNFIELD BLOCKING. C-BUS WOULD GET THEIR FIRST STOP OF THE NIGHT WHEN NY WOULD MISS A SHORT FIELD GOAL WITH 3:05 REMAINING. C-BUS WOULD CAPITALIZE ON THE STOP WITH A WR JOSH BUSH TD TO TAKE A 331-21 LEAD. NY WOULD HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE AT A FIELD GOAL BUT IT WAS NO GOOD, AND THAT KEPT C-BUS IN FRONT 31-21 HEADING INTO HALFTIME WITH 2 DEFENSIVE STOPS.
3RD QTR
A TOUCHDOWN BY NY TO START CUT THE DESTROYER LEAD TO 3 AT 31-28. C-BUS WOULD GET ANOTHER GREAT RETURN BY DAMIEN GROCE TO SET UP AN EVENTUAL 10 YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM NAGY TO BARRE. C-BUS WOULD MISS THE XP AND THE LEAD WAS 9 AT 37-28 WITH 9:17 REMAINING. NY ON 4TH AND GOAL WOULD GET IN THE ENDZONE TO CUT THE LEAD TO 2. ONCE AGAIN IT WAS C-BUS FB HAROLD WELLS GOING IN FOR THE SCORE AND A C-BUS 44-35 LEAD. ON TO THE 4TH QUARTER THEY WENT.
4TH QTR
GOOD KICK COVERAGE BY THE DESTROYERS PINNED NY DEEP BUT FLAGS WERE KEY TO A NY TOUCHDOWN WITH 9:54 TO GO IN THE GAME. WITH 6:12 TO GO, NAGY WOULD FIND DAMIEN GROCE FOR A TD FROM 35 YARDS FOR WHAT WAS THE FINAL SCORE OF THE GAME. NY QB ARRON GARCIA WOULD BE PICK OFF TWICE IN THE ENDZONE FOLLOWING THE C-BUS TOUCHDOWN. ONCE WAS BY NEWLY ACQUIRED LB JASON SHELLY, FROM THE NASHVILLE KATS, ON 3RD AND GOAL. THE NEXT TIME WOULD BE AFTER C-BUS WAS STOPPED TRYING TO GET A FIRST DOWN AND END THE GAME. THIS TIME ON 3RD AND GOAL, IT WAS DB BRANDON HEFFLAIN WITH THE PICK AND THE GAME WAS OVER AFTER A HAROLD WELLS 10 YARD RUN. FINAL SCORE COLUMBUS 51 AND NY 42.

IT IS A LOT EASIER TO WIN AN ARENA FOOTBALL LEAGUE GAME WHEN YOUR DEFENSE USES 4 DEFENSIVE STOPS. GREAT JOB C-BUS. THE DESTROYERS STAY AT HOME TO TAKE ON THE GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE FRIDAY MAY 11TH AT HUNTINGTON FIELD.